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Associations Unlimited

Associations Unlimited combines data from the entire Encyclopedia of Associations series and includes additional IRS information on nonprofit organizations, for a total of more than 456,000 organizations. Its convenient modular format allows libraries to pay only for the modules they desire.

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Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Biography and Genealogy Master Index is designed to help you easily determine which publication to consult for biographical information. Indexed sources cover both living and deceased persons from every field of activity and from every country in the world. Provides coverage of nearly 5 million contemporary and historical figures from authors to scientists, from boxers to fashion designers, from Adam and Eve to Frank Zappa.  

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Biography in Context

Biography in Context delivers outstanding research support with 600,000+ biographical entries — on more than 528,000 individuals — spanning history and geography. It’s a curriculum-aligned resource that offers media-rich content in context that's updated daily to meet the needs of today’s user.

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Book Review Index

Gale Literature: Book Review Index includes more than 5.6 million book reviews, allowing users to conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more. This unique product is OpenURL compliant, which allows subscribers to link to full-text reviews from other sources. The benchmark reference for reviews of every kind, the original print edition of Book Review Index provides quick access to reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media representing a wide range of popular, academic and professional interests.

Containing the entire backfile of Book Review Index print content from 1965 to the present, Gale Literature: Book Review Index is unparalleled in scope, with more than 5.6 million reviews on more than 2.5 million titles. Access thousands of publications are indexed, including journals and national general-interest publications and newspapers including: American Journal of Education, Belles Lettres, Books in Canada, Children's Book News, Choice, Essence, German Quarterly, Irish Literary Supplement, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Middle East Policy, Mother Jones, New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Times Literary Supplement, Village Voice, Women's Review of Books, World Literature Today, Yale Review, and many others. Because the content is in database form, it's easily searchable by author, date, illustrator, audiobook reader, review length, reading level, review source, review type, reviewer, title and title of review. In addition to multiple search options, Gale!
Literature: Book Review Index connects users directly to relevant full-text articles.

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Business Insights: Global

For business professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and general researchers, Gale Business Insights: Global delivers comprehensive international business intelligence, compiled into a logical, useable context. This unique resource empowers users to not only research topics but also to interpret their research. Deep business intelligence powered by statistical data lets researchers spend less time searching and more time connecting their discoveries to practical applications.

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Career Transitions

Provides immediate help for job seekers navigating the new economy. Innovative and accessible, Career Transitions helps library users improve their chances of finding sustainable employment.

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ChiltonLibrary

This 24-hour on-call "mechanic" provides quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today.

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Computer Database

Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. Computer Database includes coverage from 1980 to present for over 800 journals and periodicals, including abstracts, indexing and full-text articles from Computerworld, PC Magazine, PC World, Computer Weekly, Computerworld and many more.

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Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

Now librarians and researchers can access timely critical analysis of key literary works in a comprehensive and convenient online format. It not only offers the benefits of online access to literary criticism, but also provides subject-term accessibility and an overall index that extends to every volume in the extensive Contemporary Literary Criticism Series.

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Contemporary Women's Issues

A multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press -- with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries.

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CPIQ

An electronic version of the Canadian Periodical Index that provides the most-requested Canadian reference information available. It contains a wealth of Canadian and international periodicals — including Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers.

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Declassified Documents Reference System

This collection provides direct information on the critical policies and events of post World War II era, including reports from Cabinet meeting minutes, National Security Council policy statements, CIA intelligence studies, presidential conferences, State Department political analyses, and Joint Chiefs' papers, forming a reliable record of U.S. dealings with, and perceptions of, the world unparalleled in any unclassified source.

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DemographicsNow Library Edition

Provides users with access to robust and highly-detailed demographic data that can span the entire U.S. and ideal for gaining consumer and market insight as they consider opening a business, finding an untapped audience for their products/services, analyzing the shifts and needs of a given population, and so much more.

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Dictionary of Literary Biography

This product provides reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history. Addresses your patrons' needs for overall indexing and subject term accessibility of this extensive series, helping them locate multiple entries for the same author within the print series or enter a subject term to find writers by a genre or topic.

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Discovering Collection

Thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, primary sources, creative works and multimedia elements comprise the Discovering Collection comprehensive online resource. The intuitive interface and easy-to-navigate functionality make it effortless for students to research papers and class assignments in five core subject areas: history, literature, biography, science and social studies.

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ed2go Standard

Provides online training courses for the adult education, career, and corporate training markets through partnerships with colleges, universities, community-based organizations and now through public libraries.

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Educator's Reference Complete

Provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. Educator's Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy.

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Gale Academic OneFile

Connect students to the information they’re looking for with tools that make discovery fast and easy. This premier periodical resource provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources.

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Gale Academic OneFile Select

Collection of scholarly journals and general interest titles that covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences.

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Gale eBooks (Custom)

Single title purchase, one-time, perpetual access

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Gale Health and Wellness

Gale Health and Wellness offers 24/7 access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
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Gale in Context: Elementary

Offers elementary children a safe place to find answers to their questions, practice research skills, and explore a broad range of subjects like animals, geography, science and more—all in one place.

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Gale LegalForms

Gale LegalForms provides a comprehensive look at various types of legal documents. LegalForms is the only electronic reference to offer legal forms that are truly state-specific. Many of the forms and documents are available in Word or Adobe format and can be edited and used with minor modifications to suit users' needs by simply "filling in the blanks" with relevant and accurate information. Completed sample forms are also included.

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Gale Literary Databases (CA/CLC/DLB Combo)

Simultaneous searching of three premier literature resources: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography. Provides in-depth information on the lives and writings of nearly 100,000 authors.

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Gale Mental Health & Wellness (eBook package)

Collection of eBooks focused on mental health and wellness

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Gale OneFile: News

Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

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Gale OneFile: Psychology

Provide access to authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology.

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Gale Ready Reference Shelf

Gale's Ready Reference Shelf can be used to locate reference information on any subject, organization, publication, database or broadcast station. Users can access more than 355,500 entries for associations, research centers, publishers, publications (ranging from newspapers and newsletters to periodicals and directories), databases, television and radio stations and more.

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Global Issues in Context

Ties together sources to present an analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural - and headlines in world hot spots. It provides information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.

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GREENR

An electronic resource offering authoritative reference content in the area of the environment, energy and natural resources.Provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics in highly accessible, visually appealing research areas, covering relevant categories including energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, economic development.

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GVRL Michigan Library Collection

Offers students, researchers, and professionals a wide variety of full-text interdisciplinary content on virtually any subject area to tackle their assignments, papers, projects, and presentations. This depth of choice from one resource encourages users to investigate all eReference titles in your collection and target the exact content they need.

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History In Context: U.S.

Find comprehensive coverage of the most-studied topics, from the arrival of Vikings in North America 1,000 years ago to Vietnam, Watergate and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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History In Context: World

Reaching back nearly 5,000 years to chronicle the rise and fall of cultures and societies across all continents and eras. Rare primary sources combine with reliable references to put content into context for every learner.

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Informe!

Created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool is the first system to provide indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. ¡Informe! also features title annotations in both English and Spanish to help non-Spanish speaking staff to easily assist users.

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InfoTrac Custom Newspapers

This innovative Web-based full-text newspaper database allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields. With Custom Newspapers, you can easily search a collection of more than 1,000 newspapers, then select your own screen appearance, search options and results format.

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LegalTrac

Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac provides indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.

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Liberty Magazine Historical Archive: 1924-1950-Hosting Fee

Liberty, a weekly illustrated magazine, charted the course of middle America from 1924 to 1950 with art, stories, and feature articles from some of the twentieth century's greatest authors, celebrities, artists, and politicians. This digital archive features the complete run of the magazine, including more than 17,000 stories and articles ranging from mystery and suspense to autobiography and humor, revealing the attitudes, lifestyles, fads, and desires of America in the first half of the twentieth century. Hosting fee for product.

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Literature Resource Center

The most current, comprehensive, and reliable online literature resource. It's materials support interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills. Researchers will find information on authors and their works in all genres and disciplines.

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LitFinder

LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains literature content, including more than 140,000 full-text poems, 840,000 poem citations and excerpts, 7,100 full-text short stories and novels, 3,800 full-text essays published in the 16th-20th centuries, 2,400 full-text speeches, and 1,250 full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.

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LitFinder for Schools

Covers all time periods and contains a wealth of primary literature content. This includes approximately 140,000 full-text poems, 800,000 poem citations and excerpts, 7,100 full-text short stories and novels, 3,800 full-text essays, 2,000 full-text speeches and 1,700 full-text plays.

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National Geographic for Kids

Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space with this database for children ages 6 through 14. Browse the complete run of the National Geographic for Kids magazine, books, videos, and more.

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National Geographic Virtual Library Magazine, 1888-Current

With comprehensive, timely articles and legendary photos, this award-winning magazine documents life on our planet and beyond. Provide your students with over one hundred years of history through articles on culture, global events, nature, science, technology, anthropology, geography, and the environment, as well as gripping first-person accounts of epic exploration and discovery.

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National Geographic Virtual Library People, Animals, and the World

With comprehensive, timely articles and legendary photos, this award-winning magazine documents life on our planet and beyond. Provide your students with over one hundred years of history through articles on culture, global events, nature, science, technology, anthropology, geography, and the environment, as well as gripping first-person accounts of epic exploration and discovery.

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Nineteenth Century US Newspapers-Hosting Fee

As compelling as it is comprehensive, Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers provides access to primary source newspaper content from the nineteenth century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the United States. The collection encompasses the entire nineteenth century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African American culture and history, westward migration, and Antebellum-era life, among other subjects. Hosting fee for product.

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Nursing Resource Center

This resource brings together respected medical titles and provides authoritative information written in accessible language for students completing research papers, class assignments, and those preparing for their clinical experiences as they learn how to care for and treat patients.

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Opposing Viewpoints In Context

Users will find a remarkable compilation of proven reference content integrated with the best multimedia available today. With its scope and depth, Opposing Viewpoints In Context supports virtually any curricular, academic or general-interest need. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.

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Price It! Antiques & Collectibles

This simple-to-use online resource delivers 23 million realized prices on treasures nearly 30% of Americans collect, buy and trade everyday. With a constantly updated and growing database, more than 10 million images to make identification easier, 125 searchable categories and intuitive search functionality, Price It! Antiques & Collectibles is the ultimate identification, research and pricing tool for collectors, dealers, appraisers and anyone in between.

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RDS Business & Management Practices Database

A practical management resource that delivers real-world know-how about business planning, decision making and management issues. Business & Management Practices, is the only database that lets you search by a specific department or function within an organization -- assuring you of highly relevant results every time.

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Science In Context

Supporting high school curricula and university coursework, Science in Context features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and provides detailed coverage of popular subjects. From earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history and biography, this revolutionary, curriculum-oriented online experience is designed to boost achievement for students and researchers.

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Scribner Writer Series

Includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series.

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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection Hosting Fee

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection represents the largest single collection of seventeenth and eighteenth century English news media available from the British Library and includes more than 1,000 pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers from the period. This collection helps researchers chart the development of the newspaper as we now know it, beginning with irregularly published transcriptions of Parliamentary debates and proclamations to coffee house newsbooks, finally arriving at newspaper in its current form.
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Small Business Resource Center

Covers all major areas of starting and operating a business including financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting and taxes. Startup and established businesses alike can find the answers they're looking for from an easy-to-use interface that includes a "How To" menu that tackles the most-frequently asked new business questions -- including "How to start a small business."

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Smithsonian Collections Online: 1970-2010-Hosting Fee

Gale and the Smithsonian have partnered to give librarians, students, faculty, and researchers a look behind the glass of the Smithsonian exhibits and collections. Smithsonian Collections Online delivers primary source content that's essential for today's researcher. The digitized materials within Smithsonian Collections Online span multidisciplinary topics for both research and education. Hosting fee for product.

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Smithsonian Collections Online: World's Fairs and Expositions, Visions of Tomorrow-Hosting Fee

With coverage beginning in 1834 and including the pivotal Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 in London, this collection allows users to explore key cultural and technological progress that shaped contemporary outlooks on life and reflected national identities. Hosting fee for product.

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Sources in US History: American Revolution-Hosting Fee

As part of the Sources in U.S. History Online series, which delivers personal accounts, pamphlets, speeches, and more, this collection provides access to the essential primary source documents that tell the story of a nation's birth, as well as its early challenges and milestones. Hosting fee for product.

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Sources in US History: Civil War-Hosting Fee

As part of the Sources in U.S. History Online series, which provides access to the essential primary source documents that tell the story of a nation's birth, challenges, and milestones, this collection illustrates life during the violent divide between north and south. Hosting fee for product.

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Sources in US History: Slavery in America-Hosting Fee

 As part of the Sources in U.S. History Online series, which provides access to the essential primary source documents that tell the story of a nation's birth, challenges, and milestones, this collection includes materials that specifically focus on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, and related topics. Hosting fee for product.

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Student Resources In Context

Helps students develop both research and critical-thinking skills while covering the spectrum of student-focused subject matter. Attracting learners with its Web-like interface, this knowledge portal offers an authoritative selection of primary sources, overviews, videos, interactives and more.

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Testing and Education Reference Center

Provides users with in-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards, preparatory entrance tests and much more. Available online practice tests include entrance exams, certification and licensing tests.

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Times Digital Archive

A full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for the 19th – 20th Century history detailing every complete page of every issue from 1785. This historical newspaper archive allows researchers an opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context.

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Times Digital Archive:1785-2014-Hosting Fee

The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of the Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage, with every page of every issue from 1785 to 2019. Hosting fee for product.

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Times Literary Supplement

Research database for students and researchers of English literature and other humanities or social science subjects. Users can track the views of influential opinion makers, the response of their peers, the controversies of the day and how they developed, are now possible in an easy-to-navigate digital environment.

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Twayne's Authors

Offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres.

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What Do I Read Next?

This advisory guide, published twice per year, helps readers to independently choose titles of interest from those published in the last year. Arranged by author within eight genre sections, detailed entries provide publisher and publication date, names and descriptions of characters, review citations, a brief plot summary, listings of other books by the author as well as recommended similar books by other authors and much more.

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